Clothes-line pole or support.



110,778,215( l "PATENTED DBG. 27, 1904.

' H. o. BRBGKENRIDGE.

' vcLo'rHBs LINE POLE 0R SUPPORT;

APPLIOATIONIILED NOV. 9, 1903 l UNITED STATES Patented December 2v,1904.

PATENT OEEICE. l

` CLOTHES-LINE POLE OR SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION- forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,215, datedDecember 2'?, 1904, `Applicatoniiled November 9,1903. Serial No.180,337.

. following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others` 'skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved clothes-line poleor support; and to this end it consists of the novel devices andcombinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claim.'g The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinlike characters indicate like parts throughout the several views. Figurel is a front elevation of the upper end of a clothes-line pole, the samebeing provided with a snap-hook and crotch for engagement withthe'clothes-line in accordance with my invention. Fig.' 2 is a sideelevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a section on theline w3 w3 of Fig. 2. Fig. iis a section on the line wf m4 of Fig. l.

The numeral l indicates the clothes-line pole, `and the numeral 2indicates a socket which is rigidly secured to the upper end thereof bya rivet 3 or other suitable device.

v The socket 2 isl formed with a hook extension 4 and a bifurcated lug5, that eXtendsapproXimately in line with the end of thev hook 4. Aleaf-spring or spring-tongue 6 is rigidly secured at its lower end totheupper portion of the socket in line with the lug 5 and normally engagesat its free end with the end of the hook t to close the rope-passagebetween the ends of the said hook and of the said lug. The hook andsocket 2 are preferably of malleable iron, and, as shown, the spring issecured to the socket 2 by upset portions 5a tliereof and pounding thesaid portions 5a over onto the lower end of said spring, as best shownin Fig. 4.' I

It will be noted that the lug 5 is cut away at (see Fig. 8) in line withthe spring-tongue 6, sothat when the free` end of the said tongue isforced inward the body of the said tongue may pass between thebifurcated ends or prongs of thelug 5. It will be further noted that thesaid lug 5 coperates with the lower portion of the.

hook I to aiford a crotch which will receive the rope .e and support thesame out of contact with and independently of the spring-V tongue. Thespring-tongue, however, will of course effectually prevent theclothes-line or rope from jumping out of the crotch of the hook. It istherefore evident that a clothesline supported by a pole equipped withone of my improved hooks can be blown or thrown about without. beingdisengaged therefrom. This is very important, since clothes hung on aline are very frequently dropped to the ground and soiled, due to thefact that the line has been blown loose from its supportingpole.

The device described, while of smallv cost, has in practice been foundextremely efficient for the purposes had in view.

What I claim,v and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is as follows:

The combination with a line-supporting pole, of a socket 2, havingabifurcated lug 5 and hook'li, the ends of said lug and hook being spacedapart to form a lateral entrancepassage, of the spring-tongue 6 securedto the base of said lug 5, and working between the prongs of said lug,with its free end engaged with the end of said hook, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HIOKSON O. BREOKENRIDGE-- Witnesses:

GEO. K. CLARK, HENRY Gr. MOORE.

